Crashing on startup

[tony123333]

When I try to launch the game a small black box flashes for a split second, then I get a message saying "Outlast has stopped Working - Windows can check online for a solution the the problem". Checking online doesn't do anything whatsoever. Below are the problem details.

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: OLGame.exe
Application Version: 1.0.11771.0
Application Timestamp: 52280fac
Fault Module Name: D3d11.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.1.7601.17514
Fault Module Timestamp: 4ce7c5a2
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 000000000001556b
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
Locale ID: 3081
Additional Information 1: f5e5
Additional Information 2: f5e57cd10c7387d48dab012d5d2525ff
Additional Information 3: 2e78
Additional Information 4: 2e78ff124fb5a2b3decc0f872e1b31ff

My rig:

Windows 7 Professional
Graphics Card: GeForce GTX 570 - Driver 326.80 (Just updated it)
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz 3.70 GHz
RAM: 8.00GB
System Type: 64-bit Operating System

[xsvenom]

Check your device manager, see if both video cards ( onboard ) is enabled. If so disable the onboard one.

[tony123333]

I have gone to the Device Manager, both the 'NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570' and the on-board Intel(R) HD Graphics were enabled. I have Disable the Intel(R) HD Graphics but the same problem still occurs and Outlast still does not launch.

[SkipperSoul]

do you have dxredist installed? get it here http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35.
If you have/still doesn't work try this:
1. go to steam library
2. right click on outlast
3. select properties
4. under the 'general' tab, click on the button that says 'set launch options'
5. Type '-d3d9' (without quotes)
6. launch the game.
From the fault module name, it seems to have something to do with DirectX, you have 11, this runs using 9. could be possible you havn't got DX9 installed, try installing it. Just type DX9 into google and it will give you a link. Let me know if any of these work

[Conan-ShMoNaN]

Hello ! Attention !!!
I read this forum Steam! From the developer!
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Fix for issues launching the game
We've just activated a new patch to work around the issue some players were experiencing when launching the game.

On some 64 bit systems the game would not launch, showing a brief black window possibly with a cryptic error "0xc000007b".

Most affected players should find that the game now runs with the new patch.

If the issue persists however, an option has been added as a workaround. From the Steam library, right-click on Outlast, select "Properties", then click on "Set launch options", and type in "-32" (without the quotes). This will instruct the game to run in 32-bit mode even on a 64-bit platform, which should work just the same but bypasses the issue with incompatible 64-bit system libraries.

If you still experience any issue, please email us at [e-mail].

Our apologies if you were affected by this problem and thank you for your understanding.
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Goodluck !

[Randy]

Ok, so I think I found solution. THIS FIX WORKS ONLY IF YOU HAVE INSTALLED TRANSLATION INTO OTHER THAN ENGLISH LANGUAGE (maybe :D )
If you have launched Outlast, check for crash information, then check for wrong file. If it shows off .dll file, this will not work. If it says: OLGame.exe, then uninstall the translation you have previously installed (I have installed slovak translation). It can be caused by wrong installation of translation (I installed two packs in that launcher) or by the translation itself.

[CHRISTMAS IN KOREA!!!!!]

Delete cache first then delete all files in Outlast then the whole game and then re-install it.